ISSUE: 2019 No. 36 ISSN 2335-6677 The Rohingya problem created a discursive war between the Myanmar government, people, and military on the one hand and the international media and community on the other hand. While the Myanmar side saw the crisis as an unplanned consequence of the operation against ARSA terrorists, the international media and community view it as genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. They demand accountability and swift repatriation of the refugees stranded in Bangladesh.24 Accusations of the spread of fake news and doctored images on Facebook again came to the fore. In response to the allegations of their inaction in the face of the spread of fake news on the crisis and targetted hate speech against the Rohingya, Facebook announced on 28 August 2018 the permanent removal of 18 Facebook accounts, one Instagram account and 52 Facebook pages, including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing’s account and the military-owned Myawady television network’s page. 25 This put the NLD in a difficult position, although the government immediately denied any role in this action.26 Facebook further removed 13 pages and 10 accounts on October 15, and 425 pages, 17 groups, 135 accounts and 15 Instagram accounts on 18 December, stating that the pages and accounts had millions of followers and were engaged in coordinated deceptive behaviour.27 Perhaps thanks to these actions, Facebook has largely saved its reputation from international criticism although Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, asked Facebook to be more vigilant and to understand the Myanmar context better, in her most recent report to the Human Rights Council in March 2019.28 PARTISAN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION ON FACEBOOK Despite the removal of hundreds of Facebook accounts and pages, Facebooking remains as popular as ever in Myanmar. Users seem aware that the company now watches them and is stricter in enforcing its community standards. They are also apparently concerned about the rise in the last three years in the number of civil defamation cases under Section 66 (d) of the Telecommunications Act (2013) and criminal cases under the Penal Code on online defamation.29 6